xliff.ai teacher kit · Answer key · Exercise 3

Find the errors

Files: 03-grinder-guide.mqxliff, 03-grinder-terms.tbx · about 25 minutes · reference file: teacher-only/reference/03-grinder-guide.mqxliff

What it teaches

Use automatic QA, including a client termbase, and fix what it reports.
See what QA cannot know: meaning. A clean QA report is not a correct translation.

The 10 errors

With the termbase loaded, QA reports 8 of them, and nothing else: every other segment is correct. The other 2 are errors of meaning, which no check can see. That is the point of the discussion.

#	What is wrong	Found by
2	The bold tags around “Wichtig:” are missing, so the client's document loses its bold.	Tag mismatch
3	250 g became 205 g.	Number mismatch
5	Two spaces after the comma.	Double space
6	“coarse” became “feinen” (fine): the opposite. Every word is spelled right and every term is the client's, so no check can see it.	only a reader
8, 10	The same source is translated two ways, “Starttaste” here and “Startknopf” in segment 10. Choose one for both; the termbase has no entry, so either is right on its own.	Inconsistency
9	“Mühle” is forbidden in the client's termbase (the client also sells spice mills); the term is “Kaffeemühle”. One error, reported by two checks.	Forbidden term, Glossary
11	“hopper” must be “Bohnenbehälter”, not “Trichter”.	Glossary
12	The negation is gone: the German tells the user to wash the burrs with water. Correct German, correct terms, and dangerous.	only a reader
13	Left in English.	Untranslated
14	The question became a statement: the question mark is missing.	Punctuation mismatch

Reference translation

One good answer, not the only one. Tags are shown as the numbered chips the editor shows.

#	Source	Reference translation
1	Brightmill M2 coffee grinder: quick guide	Kaffeemühle Brightmill M2: Kurzanleitung
2	{}Important:{} unplug the grinder before you clean it.	{}Wichtig:{} Ziehen Sie den Netzstecker, bevor Sie die Kaffeemühle reinigen.
3	Fill the hopper with up to 250 g of beans.	Füllen Sie den Bohnenbehälter mit bis zu 250 g Bohnen.
4	Put the lid on the hopper.	Setzen Sie den Deckel auf den Bohnenbehälter.
5	Turn the ring to choose a grind setting.	Drehen Sie den Ring, um einen Mahlgrad zu wählen.
6	Use a coarse grind setting for a French press.	Verwenden Sie für eine French Press einen groben Mahlgrad.
7	Use a fine grind setting for espresso.	Verwenden Sie für Espresso einen feinen Mahlgrad.
8	Press the start button.	Drücken Sie die Starttaste.
9	The grinder stops by itself after 30 seconds.	Die Kaffeemühle stoppt nach 30 Sekunden von selbst.
10	Press the start button.	Drücken Sie die Starttaste.
11	Empty the hopper before you move the grinder.	Leeren Sie den Bohnenbehälter, bevor Sie die Kaffeemühle bewegen.
12	Do not wash the burrs with water.	Waschen Sie die Mahlscheiben nicht mit Wasser.
13	Clean the burrs with the brush supplied.	Reinigen Sie die Mahlscheiben mit der mitgelieferten Bürste.
14	Does the coffee taste bitter?	Schmeckt der Kaffee bitter?
15	Choose a coarser grind setting.	Wählen Sie einen gröberen Mahlgrad.
16	Keep this guide for later.	Bewahren Sie diese Anleitung für später auf.

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